Thaumaturgica wrote:...and thus the patterns align what may be with the thing that are in the hands of a skilled magus. Some argue that a mental fortitude that is strong enough to will a structure on the world can force a corresponding change in the nature of things, but none have shown themselves capable of breaking with established rules. The creation of truly new patterns remains the domain of charlatans and gods as no human mind can bring forth the discipline to bend the very rules of the universal structures.
Encyclopaedia Astralis wrote:First and foremost every Traveler shall be warned for the nature of the Planares Astralis are fickle. What one may find beyond the veil one day might be gone the next for the Astral does not adhere to the geographical rules we are familiar with. Rather, one finds themselves in different regions based on a number of conditions, be it the casters own mental state, alignments in the stars or other, as of yet undiscovered factores. This makes it even more important for those traversing the dimensional barriers to be aware of the flow of causality and the rules that do apply. Not unlike the Fey realms, words have power here, perhaps even moreso, but most importantly it is the realm of myth and stories, of the underlieing currents of the human condition. Zeitgeist plays an important part as much as themes that have carved paths through this chaotic world since time immemorial.
Unaussprechliche Kulte (translated) wrote:They laught at me! Every one of them! Why oh why does it not work! This world bends to my will as long as I knoweth the right spells! Even they have to admit that our spells are fueled by the Astral Domains and I have shown that the spirit transported to them can create more than mere cantrips. Yet no structure, no spell, no pattern will make this world yield to my imaginations! Do they not see that their very doubt is what is holding me,
no! What is holding ALL of us back? If only they believed I could prove it, yet without prove they will not believe! It is enough to drive anyone mad! But there's one thing that may make them help me yet... [Translator's note: parts of the page in the original were marred with dried blood and indecipherable]
Summoning Spirits and Daemons wrote:For long Magi have chased the possibility to truly create. Homunculii, the Philosopher's Stone and many more attempts have been made to bind a spirit into a vessel. Spurred on by rumors of Nebuchadnezzar II tome containing secrets that go beyond any summoner's wildest dreams they have searched, only to find barely enough to keep the hope alive without ever achieving their goals. It is said he had the power to call upon Djinn and spirits unheard of before and some even say he'd create them from nothing but make-belief. And it is true that one of the most persistent myths is that almost any rumor, almost any story about him turned out to be true. Kingdoms fell to the mere fear of defeat at his hands.
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